DIASTOLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The widening of the chambers of the heart between two contractions when the chambers fill with blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("diastole" is a kind of...):

beat; heartbeat; pulsation; pulse (the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart)

Derivation:

diastolic (of or relating to a diastole or happening during a diastole)

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